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2046. Sever, D.M., L.C. Rania, and J.D. Krenz. 1996. The annual cycle of sperm storage in the spermathecae of the red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (Amphibia: Salamandridae). Journal of Morphology 227:155-170.

2055. Sever, D. M., L. C. Rania, and J. D. Krenz. 1996. Reproduction of the salamander, Siren intermedia Le Conte with especial reference to oviductal anatomy and mode of fertilization. Journal of Morphology 227:335-348.

2062. Peters, E. L. and I. L. Brisbin, Jr. 1996. Environmental influences on the 137-Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys scripta). Ecological Monographs 66:115-136.

2067. Plummer, M. V. and J. D. Congdon. 1996. Rates of metabolism and water flux in free-ranging racers, Coluber constrictor. Copeia 1996:8-14.

2070. Lee, J. R. 1996. Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus (Eastern cottonmouth) coloration. Herpetological Review 27:22.

2071. Sloan, K. N., K. A. Buhlmann, and J. E. Lovich. 1996. Stomach contents of commercially harvested adult alligator snapping turtles, Macroclemys temminckii. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:96-99.

2072. Lovich, J. E. 1996. Possible demographic and ecologic consequences of sex ratio manipulation in turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:114-117.

2080. Lovich, J. E., S. W. Gotte, C. H. Ernst, J. C. Harshbarger, A. F. Laemmerzahl, and J. W. Gibbons. 1996. Prevalence and histopathology of shell disease in turtles from Lake Blackshear, Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Disease 32:259-265.

2084. Shine, R. and R. A. Seigel. 1996. A neglected life-history trait: clutch size variance in snakes. Journal of Zoology 239:209-223.

2087. Kennett, R. and O. Tory. 1996. Diet of two freshwater turtles, Chelodina rugosa and Elseya dentata (Testudines: Chelidae) from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia. Copeia 1996(2):409-419.

2089. Ballinger, R. E. and J. D. Congdon. 1996. Status of the bunch grass lizard Sceloporus scalaris, in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 32:67-69.

2098. Bodie, J. R., K. R. Smith, and V. J. Burke. 1996. A comparison of diel nest temperature and nest site selection for two sympatric species of freshwater turtles. American Midland Naturalist 136:181-186.

2100. Tuberville, T. D., J. W. Gibbons, and J. L. Greene. 1996. Invasion of new aquatic habitats by male freshwater turtles. Copeia 1996(3):713-715.

2107. Kennett, R. 1996. Growth and maturity of two freshwater turtles, Chelodina rugosa and Elseya dentata, from the wet-dry tropics of Northern Australia. Herpetologica 52:383-395.

2109. Jenssen, T. A., J. D. Congdon, R. U. Fischer, R. Estes, D. Kling, S. Edmands, and H. Berna. 1996. Behavioural, thermal, and metabolic characteristics of a wintering lizard (Anolis carolinensis) from South Carolina. Functional Ecology 10:201-209.

2118. Congdon, J. D. and J. W. Gibbons. 1996. Structure and dynamics of a turtle community over two decades. p. 137-159. In Long-term Studies of Vertebrate Communities, edited by M. Cody and J. Smallwood. Academic Press, Inc.

2121. Semlitsch, R. D., D. E. Scott, J. H. K. Pechmann, and J. W. Gibbons. 1996. Structure and dynamics of an amphibian community: evidence from a 16- year study of a natural pond. p. 217-248. In Long-term Studies of Vertebrate Communities, edited by M. L. Cody and J. Smallwood. Academic Press Inc.

2125. Houck, L. D., M. T. Mendonca, T. K. Lynch, and D. E. Scott. 1996. Courtship behavior and plasma levels of androgens and corticosterone in male marbled salamanders, Ambystoma opacum (Ambystomatidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology 104:243-252.

2129. Chazal, A.C., J. D. Krenz, and D. E. Scott. 1996. Relationship of larval density and heterozygosity to growth and survival of juvenile marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:1122-1129.

2138. Peters, E.L. 1996. Estimating the energy metabolism of goldfish (Carassius auratus) and southern toads (Bufo terrestris) from 86Rb elimination rates. Copeia 1996(4):791-804.

2144. Rowe, C.L., O. M. Kinney, A.P. Fiori, and J.D. Congdon. 1996. Oral deformities in tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana) associated with coal ash deposition: effects on grazing ability and growth. Freshwater Biology 36: 723-730.

2149. Lee, J.R., V. J. Burke, and J.W. Gibbons. 1997. Behavior of hatchling Alligator mississippiensis exposed to ice. Copeia 1997(1):224-226.

2151. Walker, D., W.S. Nelson, K.A. Buhlmann, J.C. Avise. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and subspecies issues in the monotypic freshwater turtle (Sternotherus odoratus). Copeia 1997(1):16-21.

2153. Gibbons, J.W., V.J. Burke, J.E. Lovich, R.D. Semlitsch, T.D. Tuberville, J.R. Bodie, Greene, P.H. Niewiarowski, H.H. Whiteman, D.E. Scott, J.H.K. Pechmann, C.R. Harrison, S.H. Bennett, J. D. Krenz, M.S. Mills, K.A. Buhlmann, J.R. Lee, R.A. Seigel, A.D. Tucker, T.M. Mills, T. Lamb, M.E. Dorcas, N.B. Frazer, J.D. Congdon, M. H. Smith, D.H. Nelson, M.B. Dietsch, H.G. Hanlin, J.A. Ott, and D.J. Karapatakis. 1997. Perceptions of species abundance, distribution, and diversity: lessons from four decades of sampling on a government-managed reserve. Environmental Management 21:259-268.

2160. Taylor, B.E. and D.E. Scott. 1997. Effects of larval density dependence on population dynamics of Ambystoma opacum. Herpetologica 53:132-145.

2161. Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 1997. Head-body temperature differences in free-ranging rubber boas. Journal of Herpetology 31:87-93.

2163. Yanochko, G. M., C.H. Jagoe, and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 1997. Tissue mercury concentrations in alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from the Florida Everglades and the Savannah River Site, South Carolina.Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 32:323-328.

2167. Dorcas, M.E., C.R. Peterson, and M.E.T. Flint. 1997. The thermal biology of digestion in rubber boas (Charina bottae): Physiology, behavior, and environmental constraints. Physiological Zoology 70:292-300.

2168. Morreale, S.J. and V.J. Burke. 1997. Conservation and biology of sea turtles in the northeastern United States. p. 41-46. In Conservation and Biology of Northeastern Turtles, edited by T. J. Tyning. Serpent's Tale. Worcester, MA.

2182. Howard, R.D., R.S. Moorman, and H.H. Whiteman. 1997.Differential effects of mate competition and mate choice on eastern tiger salamanders. Animal Behaviour 53:1345-1356.

2192. Brisbin, I.L., K.F. Gaines, C.H. Jagoe, and P.A. Consolie. 1997. Population studies of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) inhabiting a reservoir: responses to long-term drawdown and subsequent refill. p. 446-477. In Proceedings of the 13th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group, IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Gland, Switzerland.

2194. van Loben Sels, R.C., J.D. Congdon, and J.T. Austin. 1997. Life history and ecology of the Sonoran mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) in Southeastern Arizona: a preliminary report. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:338-344.

2198. Tucker, A.D., S.R. Yeomans, and J.W. Gibbons. 1997. Shell strength of mud snails (Ilyanassa obsoleta) may deter foraging by diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin). American Midland Naturalist 138:224-229.

2199. Buhlmann, K.A. and J.C. Mitchell. 1997. Ecological notes on the amphibians and reptiles of the naval surface warfare center, Dahlgren Laboratory, King George County, Virginia. Banisteria 9:45-51.

2206. Demuth, J.P. and K.A. Buhlmann. 1997. Diet of the turtle Deirochelys reticularia on the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Journal of Herpetology 31:450-453.

2207. Plummer, M.V. 1997. Population ecology of green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) revisited. Herpetological Monographs 11:102-123.

2213. Mitchell, J.C., S.C. Rinehart, J.F. Pagels, K.A. Buhlmann, and C.A.Pague. 1997. Factors influencing amphibian and small mammal assemblages in central Appalachian forests. Forest Ecology and Management 96:65-76.

2214. Niewiarowski, P.H., J.D. Congdon, A.E. Dunham, L.J. Vitt, and D.W. Tinkle. 1997. Tales of lizard tails: effects of tail autotomy on subsequent survival and growth of free-ranging hatchling Uta stansburiana. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75:542-548.

2219. Hopkins, W.A., M.T. Mendonca, and J.D. Congdon. 1997.Increased circulating levels of testosterone and corticosterone in southern toads, Bufo terrestris, exposed to coal combustion waste. General and Comparative Endocrinology 108:237-246.

2223. Beck, C.W. 1996. Effect of changes in resource level on age and size at metamorphosis in Hyla squirella. Oecologia 112:187-192.

2228. Seigel, R.A., C.A. Sheil, and J.S. Doody. 1998. Changes in a population of an endangered rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus following a severe flood. Biological Conservation 83:127-131.

2239. Rowe, C.L., O.M. Kinney, R.D. Nagel, and J.D. Congdon. 1998. Elevated maintenance costs in an anuran (Rana catesbeiana) exposed to a mixture of trace elements during the embryonic and early larval periods. Physiological Zoology 71:27-35.

2242. Thomas, R.B., D.W. Beckman, K. Thompson, K.A. Buhlmann, J.W. Gibbons, and D.L. Moll. 1997. Estimation of age for Trachemys scripta and Deirochelys reticularia by counting annual growth layers in claws. Copeia 4:842-845.

2246. Whiteman, H.H. 1997. Maintenance of polymorphism promoted by sex-specific fitness payoffs. Evolution 51:2039-2044.

2247. Rowe, C.L., O.M. Kinney, and J.D. Congdon. 1998. Oral deformities in tadpoles of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) caused by conditions in a polluted habitat. Copeia 1:244-246.

2248. Beck, C.W. 1998. Mode of fertilization and parental care in anurans. Animal Behavior 55:439-449.

2253. Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 1998. Daily body temperature variation in free-ranging rubber boas. Herpetologica 54:88-103.

2254. Close, L.M. and R.A. Seigel. 1997. Differences in body size among populations of red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) subjected to different levels of harvesting. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:563-566.

2255. Gibbons, J.W. 1997. Measuring declines and natural variation in turtle populations: spatial lessons from long-term studies. p. 243-246. In International Conference on Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles, edited by J.V. Abbema. New York Turtle and Tortoise Society. Purchase, NY.

JWG4. Gibbons, J. W. (1997). Discovering hidden biodiversity: Lessons from five decades of herpetological research. Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on the Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys. A. F. Scott, S. W. Hamilton, E. W. Chester and D. S. W. (Eds.). Clarksville, TN: 1-7.

2256. Buhlmann, K.A., J.C. Mitchell, and M.G. Rollins. 1997. New approaches for the conservation of bog turtles, Clemmys muhlenbergii, in Virginia. p. 359-363. In International Conference on Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles, edited by J.V. Abbema. New York Turtle and Tortoise Society. Purchase, NY.

2257. Frazer, N.B. 1997. Turtle conservation and halfway technology: What is the problem? p. 422-425. In International Conference on Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles., edited by J.V. Abbema. New York Turtle and Tortoise Society.Purchase, NY.

2261. Buhlmann, K.A. and J.W. Gibbons. 1997. Imperiled aquatic reptiles of the southeastern United States: historical review and current conservation status. p. 201-232. In Conference on Aquatic Fauna in Peril: The Southeastern Perspective, edited by George Benz and David Collins. Southeast Aquatic Research Institute, Lenz Design & Communications, Decatur, GA, 554 p.

2268. Ryan, T.J. and R.D. Semlitsch. 1998. Intraspecific heterochrony and life history evolution: decoupling somatic and sexual development in a facultatively paedomorphic salamander. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95:5643-5648.

2274. Lovich, J.E. and J.W. Gibbons. 1997. Conservation of covert species: protecting species we don't even know. p. 426-429. In Proceedings from an International Conference on Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles, New York Turtle and Tortoise Society.

2277. Raimondo, S.M., C. Rowe, and J.C. Congdon. 1998. Exposure to coal ash impacts swimming performance and predator avoidance in larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). Journal of Herpetology 32:289-292.

2278. Walker, D., P.E. Moler, K.A. Buhlmann, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Phylogeographic patterns in Kinosternon subrubrum and K. baurii based on mitochondrial DNA restriction analyses. Herpetologica 54:174-184.

2280. Gibbons, J.W. 1998. Graduate education at a field research laboratory: facing the challenge. Herpetologica 54:S21-S30.

2283. Hopkins, W.A., M.T. Medonca, C.L. Rowe, and J.D. Congdon. 1998. Elevated trace element concentrations in southern toads, Bufo terrestris, exposed to coal combustion waste. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 35:325-329.

2290. Nagle, R.D., V.J. Burke, and J. D. Congdon. 1998. Egg components and hatchling lipid reserves: parental investment in kinosternid turtles from the southeastern United States. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B 120:145-152.

2292. Jenssen, T.A., K.A. Hovde, and K.G. Taney. 1998. Size-related habitat use by non-breeding Anolis carolinensis lizards. Copeia 3:774-779.

2294. Jagoe, C.H., B. Arnold-Hill, G.M. Yanochko, P.V. Winger, and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 1998. Mercury in alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in the southeastern United States. p. 255-262. In International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, The Science of the Total Environment. Hamburg, Germany.

2301. Burke, V.J., S.L. Rathbun, J.R. Bodie, and J.W. Gibbons. 1998. Effect of density on predation rate for turtle nests in a complex landscape. OIKOS 83:3-11.

JHKP. Pechmann, J.H.K. and D. B. Wake. 1997. Declines and disappearances of amphibian populations. P. 135-137 in G. K. Meffe, C. R. Carroll and contributors. Principles of Conservation Biology Second Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

2310. Komoroski, M.J., R. Nagle, and J.D. Congdon. 1998. Relationships of lipids to ovum size in amphibians. Physiological Zoology 71:633-641.

2311. Gist, D.H. and J.D. Congdon. 1998. Oviductal sperm storage as a reproductive tactic of turtles. The Journal of Experimental Zoology 282:526-534.

2317. Semlitsch, R.D. and J.R. Bodie. 1998. Are small, isolated wetlands expendable? Conservation Biology 12:1129-1133.

2318. Semlitsch, R.D. 1998. Biological delineation of terrestrial buffer zones for pond- breeding salamanders. Conservation Biology 5:1113-1119.

2321. Kinney, O.M., R.D. Nagle, and J.D. Congdon. 1998. Water transport by nesting painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) in Michigan. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:71-76

2322. Buhlmann, K.A. and T.D. Tuberville. 1998. Use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags for marking small freshwater turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:102-104.

2331. Dorcas, M.E., J.W. Gibbons, and H.G. Dowling.  1998.   Seminatrix Cope, black swamp snake.  Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles.  679.1-679.5.

2333.  Sheen, J.P. and H.H. Whiteman.  1998.  Head and body size relationships in polymorphic tiger salamander larvae from Colorado.   Copeia 4:1089-1093.

2340. Hopkins, W.A., M.T. Mendonca, and J.D. Congdon. 1999.   Responsiveness of the hypothalamo-pituitary-interrenal axis in an amphibian (Bufo terrestris) exposed to coal combustion wastes.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 122:191-196.

2344. Distler, J.K., M.E. Dorcas, J.W. Gibbons, and K.L. Kandl.   1999.  Winter mortatlity in the green anole, Anolis carolensis (Lacertilia: Polychridae).  Brimleyana 25:140-143.

2345. Snodgrass, J.W., J.W. Ackerman, A.L. Bryan, Jr., and J. Burger.  1999.  Influence of hydroperiod, isolation and heterospecifics on the distribution of aquatic salamanders (Siren and Amphiuma) among depression wetlands.   Copeia 1:107-113.

2354. Brisbin, I.L., Jr., C.H. Jagoe, K.F. Gaines, and J.C. Gariboldi. 1998. Environmental contaminants as concerns for the conservation biology of crocodilians. p. 155-173. In Proceedings of the 14th Working meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the SSC of the IUNC - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland.

2369. Hopkins, W.A., C.L. Rowe, and J.D. Congdon. 1999. Elevated trace element concentrations and standard metabolic rate in banded water snakes (Nerodia fasciata) exposed to coal combustion wastes. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:1258-1263.

2372. Mohr, J.R. and M.E. Dorcas. 1999. A comparison of anuran calling patterns at two Carolina bays in South Carolina. The Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 115: 63-70.

2373. Ott, J.A. and D.E. Scott. 1999. Effects of toe-clipping and PIT-tagging on growth and survival in metamorphic Ambystoma opacum. Journal of Herpetology 33:344-348.

2375. Burger, J., J. Sanchez, J.W. Gibbons, J. Ondrof, R. Ramos, M.J. McMahon, K.F. Gaines, C. Lord, M. Fulmer, and M. Gochfeld. 1999. Attitudes and perceptions about ecological resources and hazards of people living around the Savannah River Site. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 57:195-211.

2380. Sever, D.M. and T.J. Ryan. 1999. Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea): Part I. Evidence for oviducal sperm storage. Journal of Morphology 241:1-18.

2408 Beck, C.W. and J.D. Congdon. 1998. Effects of individual variation in age and size at metamorphosis on growth and survivorship of southern toad (Bufo terrestris) metamorphs. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:944-951.

2411 Mitchell, J.C. and K.A. Buhlmann. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia. Banisteria 13:129-142.

2412 Buhlmann, K.A., J.C. Mitchell, and L.R. Smith. 1999. Descriptive ecology of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia. Banisteria 13:23-51.

2416 Burger, J. and J.W. Gibbons. 1998. Trace elements in egg contents and egg shells of slider turtles (Trachemys scripta) from the Savannah River Site. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 34:382-386.

2417 Congdon, J.D. and A.E. Dunham. 1999. Defining the beginning: The importance of research design. p. 83-87. In Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles, edited by K.L. Eckert, K.A. Bjorndal, F.A. Abreu-Grobois, and M. Donnelly. 4 Vol. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group.

2419 Congdon, J.C., R.D. Nagle, A.E. Dunham, O.M. Kinney, and S.R. Yeomans. 1999. The relationship of body size to survivorship of hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) : an evaluation of the "bigger is better" hypothesis. Oecologia 121:224-235.

KB2. Mitchell, J.C., K.A. Buhlmann, and R.L. Hoffman. 1996. Predation of marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum [Gravenhorst]) eggs by the milliped Uroblaniulus jerseyi (Causey). Banisteria 8: 55-56.

KB3. Buhlmann, K.A. and A.H. Wynn. 1996. Geographic distribution: Gyrinophilus palleucus. Herpetological Review 27(3): 147-148.

KB4. Buhlmann, K.A. 1996. Book Review: Amphibians and Reptiles Native to Minnesota. Copeia 1996(3): 751-752.

MD1. Dorcas, M. E. 1997. "Book Review: Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico." Copeia 1997: 643-645.

1648 Grant, B. W. and W. P. Porter (1992). "Modeling global macroclimatic constraints on ectotherm energy budgets." American Zoologist 32: 154-178.


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